Usage comparison · Wide receivers

Jaxon Smith-Njigba vs Puka Nacua

Jaxon Smith-Njigba gets more of his team's passes (37% vs 27%) and more of the deep throws (50% of its air yards vs 35%). Jaxon Smith-Njigba has played 4 games and Puka Nacua 2 games. Near the end zone, Jaxon Smith-Njigba has had more chances (10 vs 2 plays within 20 yards) and a bigger share of his team's chances there (21% vs 10%). Jaxon Smith-Njigba is scoring more fantasy points a game (29.2 vs 20.1, PPR), but the chances Puka Nacua gets usually score more: 20.2 vs 19.5 expected points a game Est..

2026 season · Weeks 1–4 · Updated Oct 5, 2026

WRSEA

Jaxon Smith-Njigba

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 29.2
Expected points per gameEst.: 19.5

4 games with a target, carry or dropback

WRLA

Puka Nacua

Fantasy points per game (PPR): 20.1
Expected points per gameEst.: 20.2

2 games with a target, carry or dropback

Side by side

Season totals through week 3. Shares are of each player's team totals in the games he played. For counts and shares, the bigger number is in bold and the bars grow from the centre line.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Puka Nacua, season usage side by side
Stat	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Puka Nacua
Games	4	2
Passes thrown to him
Targets	42	21
Target share	37%	27%
Air-yards share	50%	35%
Catches	32	14
Receiving yards	481	199
Near the end zone
Red-zone chances	10	2
Red-zone share	21%	10%
End-zone targets	6	0
Touchdowns
Touchdowns	6	1
Expected touchdownsEst.	3.2	1.5
Fantasy points
Fantasy points per game (PPR)	29.2	20.1
Fantasy points (PPR)	116.7	40.1
Expected points per gameEst.	19.5	20.2
Points vs expectedEst.	+9.6	−0.2

Week by week

Each bar is one game. Pick a stat to compare.

Target share by week

Out of all the passes his team threw in his games, the part thrown to him.

Jaxon Smith-Njigba
Puka Nacua

— no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Target share by week
Week	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Puka Nacua
1	46%against NE	33%against SF
2	42%against ARI	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
3	31%against WAS	— no game with a target, carry or dropback
4	30%against LAC	24%against PHI

Next to each number: that week's opponent. — no game with a target, carry or dropback that week.

Where they rank

Each player's place among players at his position who meet the leaderboard's minimum. Open a leaderboard for the full list.

Leaderboard ranks for Jaxon Smith-Njigba and Puka Nacua
Leaderboard	Jaxon Smith-Njigba	Puka Nacua
Target share leaders	#1of 96 wide receivers	#12of 96 wide receivers
Air-yards share leaders	#3of 96 wide receivers	#20of 96 wide receivers
Red-zone share leaders	#4of 47 wide receivers	Below the minimum (at least 3 red-zone opportunities in at least 2 games)
Red-zone opportunity leaders	#2of 174 wide receivers	#65of 174 wide receivers
End-zone target leaders	#1of 174 wide receivers	#161of 174 wide receivers
Expected fantasy points leadersEst.	#6of 174 wide receivers	#5of 174 wide receivers

Talking points

Fact-checked notes from the weekly usage report, with the numbers behind them.